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Instance commitments

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Instance commitments overview

Crusoe Cloud offers competitive on-demand pricing as well as instance commitment discounts for even lower pricing. Instance commitments offer discounts in exchange for sustained usage. If you know that you will be using a fixed amount of compute for a defined period of time, you can achieve discounts of up to 35% off our on-demand prices.

Creating instance commitments

Creating a VM with an instance commitment​

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Note: VMs with instance commitments cannot be deleted until the commitment period has expired. VMs will be billed for the duration of the commitment.

Use the vm create command and pass the --commitment-period flag:

crusoe vm create ... --commitment-period 12m

Updating a VM to have an instance commitment​

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Note: VMs with instance commitments cannot be deleted until the commitment period has expired. VMs will be billed for the duration of the commitment.

Use the vm update command and pass the --commitment-period flag:

crusoe vm update ... --commitment-period 36m

Behavior when an instance changes state​

If an VM in an instatnce commitment is stopped, the VM is still billed as though it is running, as the underlying hardware is reserved for the VM to be started again. Learn more at VM billing.

Behavior when an instance commitment ends​

At the end of the instance commitment period, the VM goes back to being billed on-demand. If you want to extend the commitment period, you can update the VM with a new instance commitment of the desired duration.

Limitations

Commitment period duration​

Currently the only supported durations are: 6, 12, and 36 months.

Deleting an instance commitment​

VMs with instance commitments cannot be deleted until the commitment period has expired. VMs will be billed for the duration of the commitment. You will be charged if the instance is running or stopped, as the instance remains reserved for your usage throughout the commitment period.

If you created a commitment by mistake, or otherwise wish to delete your VM, please contact support.

Support

If you are unable to create an instance commitment, have created an instance commitment that you didn't mean to create, or have other billing related questions, please contact support with additional details.